Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE I interview questions
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Software Development Engineer SDE I applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I first got the email with assessment link. The test is about 2 hours with 2 coding questions. Right after each coding question, there is a section where require you to give space/time complexity and how you approach the problems.
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They asked me to explain my code afterwards, mainly asking about time/space complexity and thoughts flow.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2021
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There were two rounds of technical interviews followed by another two hiring manager rounds. Questions had a mix of coding and behavioral questions. The difficulty level of coding questions was moderate.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2020
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Started with self introduction. Spoke few minutes on my hobbies. In my case its was focused on Data structures like stacks, linked list and trees.
Practicing LC medium level problems will be helpful.
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1st Question is on stacks - LC medium level.
2nd Question is on Linked list - LC medium level.
3rd Question is on Trees - LC medium traversal.